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Re: How do you edit your own writing?

Subject: Re: How do you edit your own writing?
From: Jean Weber <jean -at- wrevenge -dot- com -dot- au>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 14:23:20 +1000

Sanjay Srikonda asked:

Does anyone have any good techniques for editing your own work?

I have a page of tips on my website:

http://www.wrevenge.com.au/ed-tips1.htm

Here are three of them. Many of the others have been mentioned by other people in answer to your question.

* Edit in small doses, and take frequent breaks. Divide big projects into sections you can edit completely without tiring. Never edit for more than one hour at a time without taking a break. The longer you edit without a break, the less effective you'll be.

* Make several passes. Don't try to find everything at once. Skim for some things (such as fonts, spacing, missing illustrations), read for others.

* Try to read for content only once; skim when looking for other problems on other passes.

For suggestions of specific things to look for, you could try this handy little book:

Edit yourself, by Bruce Ross-Larson, W.W. Norton & Co., 1996, ISBN 0393313263

Regards, Jean
Jean Hollis Weber
mailto:jean -at- wrevenge -dot- com -dot- au
The Technical Editors' Eyrie http://www.wrevenge.com.au/


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